COUNT ADRIEN

See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

ALBERT

See also:

• MARIE

MARIE DE

See also:

• COUNT ADRIEN ALBERT MARIE DE MUN (1841— )
• MUN, THOMAS (1571–1641)

MUN (1841— )  , French politician, was born at Lumigny, in the department of Seine-et-Marne, on the 28th of February 1841 . He entered the army, saw much service in Algeria (1862), and took part in the fighting around Metz in 187o . On the surrender of Metz, he was sent as a prisoner of war to Aix-la-Chapelle, whence he returned in time to assist at the capture of Paris from the Commune . A fervent Roman Catholic, he devoted himself to advocating a patriarch type bf Christian Socialism . His eloquence made him the most prominent member of the Cercles Catholiques d'Ouvriers, and his attacks on Republican social policy at last evoked a prohibition from the minister of war . He thereupon resigned his commission (Nov . 1895), and in the following February stood as Royalist and Catholic candidate for Pontivy . The influence of the Church was exerted to secure his election, and the pope during its progress sent him the order of St Gregory . He was returned, but the election was declared invalid . He was re-elected, however, in the following August, and for many years was the most conspicuous leader of the anti-Republican party . " We form," he said on one occasion, " the irreconcilable Counter-Revolution." As far back as 1878 he had declared himself opposed to universal suffrage, a declaration that lost him his seat from 1879 to 1881 . He spoke strongly against the expulsion of the French princes, and it was chiefly through his influence that the support of the Royalist party was given to General Boulanger .

But as a faithful Catholic he obeyed the encyclical of 1892, and declared his readiness to rally to a Republican

government, provided that it respected religion . In the following January he received from the pope a letter commending his action, and encouraging him in his social reforms . He was defeated at the general election of that year, but in 1894 was returned for Finistere (Morlaix) . In 1897 he succeeded Jules Simon as a member of the French Academy . This honour he owed to the purity of style and remarkable eloquence of his speeches, which, with a few pamphlets, form the bulk of his published work . In Ma vocation sociale (1908) he wrote an explanation and justification of his career .